Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health

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Date and Time

March 27, 2026
10:00AM - 12:00PM EDT
Attend this event via Zoom

Declining Life Expectancies Among Americans in Rural California

What explains the plateauing or falling life expectancies in one of the richest countries in the world? Carolyn Rouse will present on her ten years of research in a predominantly white, rural community in California. She focuses on the intersections of health and property.

Speaker

  • Dr. Carolyn Rouse, Ritter Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University.

Moderator

  • Byron Good, Faculty Associate. Professor of Medical Anthropology, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Professor, Social Anthropology Program, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University.

Contact

Francesco Rolando
francesco.rolando@g.harvard.edu

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